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iJ Btsn3cz52Ki3E3i era ES - QC3C3 EsaEWiMai. dCG!3 I or- . Monday, April 27, 1987 Utah Technical College, ProvoOrem, 1200 S. 800 W., Orem, Utah 84058 Volume 15 Number 25 Drug Week Gets h i rr ; nr I, X 1 Michele Atkinson, Dr. Jack Jensen, to UTC. bv Connie Kearney UTC's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Week which was held the week of October 21, 1987, received a certificate of merit as one of the best 50 college programs throughout the country. The week was held in conjunction with the National Collegiate Alcohol and Drug Abuse Awareness Week. It was sponsored by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. More than 1200 colleges and universities submitted applications for the five $1,000 scholarships to be awarded for outstanding programs. UTC was the only college in bv Caroline Chapman Many things in life are taken for granted until they suddenly disappear. Take walking, for example. It is as natural as breathing for most But consider the possibility of never walking at all. Such is the case of Wendy Peterson. Wendy is easily recognized as the petite girl who is seen daily at UTC, moving around with the assistance of her battery-powered wheelchair. Her most distinctive features are a pair of beautifully shaped green eyes and a smiling face. Born January 20, 1968, in Florida, Wendy is number two in a family of eight children. At the time of her birth, her father was in the military and Wendy was an Army brat. At the age of three months, Wendy, her parents and her older sister Heidi were traveling across the country to Texas to attend her grandfather's funeral. The car hit a curb at a lonely crossroads and was blown over by a gust of wind. It was one of those freak accidents, for which there is no explanation. After the initial shock, her father searched frantically through the debris of the wrecked automobile in search of his youngest child, but to no avail. A search in the surrounding area proved more successful. Wendy was found with her back against a signpost she had hit after being thrown through a cracked window. In the emergency room, the chilling verdict was a shattered spine. Her mother and sister received, minor scratches while her father injured his knee. Wendy spent the next several UTC It T 14 t , i ! A,' 1 Dr. Wayne Kearney and Tom Keele worked to bring national recognition Utah selected to receive a certificate of merit as one of the top 50 Drug and Alcohol Abuse programs in the country. Only three western collges received such recognition. The program was under the directions of Dr. Wayne O. Kearney, vice-president of Student Services and Tom Keele, director of Student Development. The week included on going films, information booths sponsored by over 12 community auxilaries such as the Utah Alcohol Foundation and the Provo City Police Department. Workshops were conducted by Riverwood Hospital, Utah Alcohol Foundation, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Charter Canyon Hospital and Timp tudent Wendy Petersons smile radiates her months in the hospital undergoing countless operations in a futile attempt to restore feeling from her waist down. From that time on, there were endless visits to various doctors; also several hospital stays for broken bones and pressures sores, a result of dragging herself around by her elbows. Childhood was not without its problems; but Wendy had the good fortune to be endowed with a loving family. "We played a lot together," she said, "outside , f ,-. $.7 vt i ft i.m - ft , if Hi:? hi ; 1 1 , - .i Award 9" ! 1 t 1 '! : 1 I i 1 1 . - !. i i -L UTC PRESS Photo by Dennis Nelson Mental Center. Duane's Auto Wrecking provided a special display of wrecked cars. Craig Madsen from the Utah County Attorney's Office, Richard Kelly, a prision inmate; Aaron Glen, a recovered substance user; Gale Everton from Charter Canyon Hospital and Dr. Dale Tate from Pleasant Grove elaborated on diug ai! alcohol abuse from the standpoint of the law, the user, the therapist and the physician. In conjunction with the college satellite network system, during the week of March 4th, a series of three documentary films discussing drugs were shown. The Drug and Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week is scheduled to be an annual affair. Excels couragous spirit while attending UTC. games such as kickball.' When asked for childhood memories, she supplied this humorous anecdote, "While my younger sister Kim was learning to walk, I would pull her down so she couldn't. I guess I thought it was OK for Mom and Dad and Heidi to walk, but I didn't think Kim should." As far as her education was concerned, Wendy had different experiences from the average child. After various moves from California to Colorado because of Thoreau and bv Repine Holfeltz Nearly 100 students gathered in LRC 318 to hear two of America's greatest scholars and authors, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Silence fell in the overflowing classroom as Emerson entered, a tall man with a shock of white hair. Thoreau entered soon after and turned to face the chalkboard. For the next hour, the students heard the two men discourse on such topics as slavery, self and education. University of Utah Professors Kenneth Eble (Thoreau) and Edward Lueders (Emerson) have been performing in front of classrooms as the two authors for nearly five years. The presentation given as an Henry David Thoreau (Ken Eble) and .m ujwi "' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 ' ' 1 T ' 1 C :l r : . ::rz,zz:,,J Over Difficulties UTC PRESS Photo by Glen D. Nelson her father's occupation, Wendy attended Rock Canyon Elementary School in Provo for her first few years. Fortunately for Wendy, laws had been passed just before she started that allowed children in wheelchairs to attend public schools. After a brief stay in Provo, her family moved to North Carolina. The schools there were not the same. The teachers were less understanding. After coming home in tears several times, Wendy's parents sent her and her Emerson Come to Life interview, with UTC's Kim Brewster acting as narrator. The script comes from their actual writings. It dealt with subjects both men wrote and lectured about. The encounter supposedly took place soon after the publication of Thoreau's "Walden," in the mid 1850s. The aristocratic looking Emerson entered first and while waiting for his earthy cohort to appear, he said, "For all I know, he may be communing with a maple or a fruit tree." With the two men in character and in costumes of the period, Brewster began to ask a variety of questions. When asked about education, Thoreau spoke with disdain of his Harvard education. "To my astonishment when I left Harvard, I was told I Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ed Lueders) siblings to the Holy Spirits School, a private, Catholic institution. "Growing up as a Mormon and attending a Catholic school was a different experience because of the the discrepancy between the two beliefs. I had a Catholic religion class every day with Mass every Friday. I also attended my own LDS primary and church every Sunday." Was this confusing for a child? "Oh. . .well, yes it was." After that, there was the move to Michigan where Wendy had to attend a separate school from her family because of the lack of ramps and elevators. A move to Saline, Michigan, and INSIDE THE Editorials.. Blind Dates Suicide Smokers Campus News..... pages 3,4,6 Sports Rodeo Team Baseball Coming Net UJeek: THE UTC PRESS WEDDING EDITION had learned navigation. I could have taken one trip around the harbor and learned more." Emerson concurred, saying, "Children are locked up in schoolrooms for ten or 11 years and they come out with bellies full of words and they haven't learned anything." Both discussed the literature and learning of the times. "All writing is by the grace of God. No one should have good writings when they are satisfied with the bad. Books are for the scholars' idle time." Both continued to discuss the effects of education and literacy, with Emerson continuing, "The writer is an explorer. Every step is an adventure into a new land." (Cont. on page 3) talk to UTC students. UTC PRESS Photo by Dennis Nelson the advent of junior High school allowed her and her siblings to attend the same school once again. The only specialty was a taxi ride to and from school accompanied by her sister Kim because of the lack of lifts on the buses. High school began with the first two years at Timpview High in Provo and the last two at Springville High in Springville, close to her current home in Mapleton. The difference between the two was obvious. "The teachers at Timpview were very professional and (Continued to page 3) UTC PRESS page 2 page 5

iJ Btsn3cz52Ki3E3i era ES - QC3C3 EsaEWiMai. dCG!3 I or- . Monday, April 27, 1987 Utah Technical College, ProvoOrem, 1200 S. 800 W., Orem, Utah 84058 Volume 15 Number 25 Drug Week Gets h i rr ; nr I, X 1 Michele Atkinson, Dr. Jack Jensen, to UTC. bv Connie Kearney UTC's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Week which was held the week of October 21, 1987, received a certificate of merit as one of the best 50 college programs throughout the country. The week was held in conjunction with the National Collegiate Alcohol and Drug Abuse Awareness Week. It was sponsored by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. More than 1200 colleges and universities submitted applications for the five $1,000 scholarships to be awarded for outstanding programs. UTC was the only college in bv Caroline Chapman Many things in life are taken for granted until they suddenly disappear. Take walking, for example. It is as natural as breathing for most But consider the possibility of never walking at all. Such is the case of Wendy Peterson. Wendy is easily recognized as the petite girl who is seen daily at UTC, moving around with the assistance of her battery-powered wheelchair. Her most distinctive features are a pair of beautifully shaped green eyes and a smiling face. Born January 20, 1968, in Florida, Wendy is number two in a family of eight children. At the time of her birth, her father was in the military and Wendy was an Army brat. At the age of three months, Wendy, her parents and her older sister Heidi were traveling across the country to Texas to attend her grandfather's funeral. The car hit a curb at a lonely crossroads and was blown over by a gust of wind. It was one of those freak accidents, for which there is no explanation. After the initial shock, her father searched frantically through the debris of the wrecked automobile in search of his youngest child, but to no avail. A search in the surrounding area proved more successful. Wendy was found with her back against a signpost she had hit after being thrown through a cracked window. In the emergency room, the chilling verdict was a shattered spine. Her mother and sister received, minor scratches while her father injured his knee. Wendy spent the next several UTC It T 14 t , i ! A,' 1 Dr. Wayne Kearney and Tom Keele worked to bring national recognition Utah selected to receive a certificate of merit as one of the top 50 Drug and Alcohol Abuse programs in the country. Only three western collges received such recognition. The program was under the directions of Dr. Wayne O. Kearney, vice-president of Student Services and Tom Keele, director of Student Development. The week included on going films, information booths sponsored by over 12 community auxilaries such as the Utah Alcohol Foundation and the Provo City Police Department. Workshops were conducted by Riverwood Hospital, Utah Alcohol Foundation, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Charter Canyon Hospital and Timp tudent Wendy Petersons smile radiates her months in the hospital undergoing countless operations in a futile attempt to restore feeling from her waist down. From that time on, there were endless visits to various doctors; also several hospital stays for broken bones and pressures sores, a result of dragging herself around by her elbows. Childhood was not without its problems; but Wendy had the good fortune to be endowed with a loving family. "We played a lot together," she said, "outside , f ,-. $.7 vt i ft i.m - ft , if Hi:? hi ; 1 1 , - .i Award 9" ! 1 t 1 '! : 1 I i 1 1 . - !. i i -L UTC PRESS Photo by Dennis Nelson Mental Center. Duane's Auto Wrecking provided a special display of wrecked cars. Craig Madsen from the Utah County Attorney's Office, Richard Kelly, a prision inmate; Aaron Glen, a recovered substance user; Gale Everton from Charter Canyon Hospital and Dr. Dale Tate from Pleasant Grove elaborated on diug ai! alcohol abuse from the standpoint of the law, the user, the therapist and the physician. In conjunction with the college satellite network system, during the week of March 4th, a series of three documentary films discussing drugs were shown. The Drug and Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week is scheduled to be an annual affair. Excels couragous spirit while attending UTC. games such as kickball.' When asked for childhood memories, she supplied this humorous anecdote, "While my younger sister Kim was learning to walk, I would pull her down so she couldn't. I guess I thought it was OK for Mom and Dad and Heidi to walk, but I didn't think Kim should." As far as her education was concerned, Wendy had different experiences from the average child. After various moves from California to Colorado because of Thoreau and bv Repine Holfeltz Nearly 100 students gathered in LRC 318 to hear two of America's greatest scholars and authors, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Silence fell in the overflowing classroom as Emerson entered, a tall man with a shock of white hair. Thoreau entered soon after and turned to face the chalkboard. For the next hour, the students heard the two men discourse on such topics as slavery, self and education. University of Utah Professors Kenneth Eble (Thoreau) and Edward Lueders (Emerson) have been performing in front of classrooms as the two authors for nearly five years. The presentation given as an Henry David Thoreau (Ken Eble) and .m ujwi "' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 ' ' 1 T ' 1 C :l r : . ::rz,zz:,,J Over Difficulties UTC PRESS Photo by Glen D. Nelson her father's occupation, Wendy attended Rock Canyon Elementary School in Provo for her first few years. Fortunately for Wendy, laws had been passed just before she started that allowed children in wheelchairs to attend public schools. After a brief stay in Provo, her family moved to North Carolina. The schools there were not the same. The teachers were less understanding. After coming home in tears several times, Wendy's parents sent her and her Emerson Come to Life interview, with UTC's Kim Brewster acting as narrator. The script comes from their actual writings. It dealt with subjects both men wrote and lectured about. The encounter supposedly took place soon after the publication of Thoreau's "Walden," in the mid 1850s. The aristocratic looking Emerson entered first and while waiting for his earthy cohort to appear, he said, "For all I know, he may be communing with a maple or a fruit tree." With the two men in character and in costumes of the period, Brewster began to ask a variety of questions. When asked about education, Thoreau spoke with disdain of his Harvard education. "To my astonishment when I left Harvard, I was told I Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ed Lueders) siblings to the Holy Spirits School, a private, Catholic institution. "Growing up as a Mormon and attending a Catholic school was a different experience because of the the discrepancy between the two beliefs. I had a Catholic religion class every day with Mass every Friday. I also attended my own LDS primary and church every Sunday." Was this confusing for a child? "Oh. . .well, yes it was." After that, there was the move to Michigan where Wendy had to attend a separate school from her family because of the lack of ramps and elevators. A move to Saline, Michigan, and INSIDE THE Editorials.. Blind Dates Suicide Smokers Campus News..... pages 3,4,6 Sports Rodeo Team Baseball Coming Net UJeek: THE UTC PRESS WEDDING EDITION had learned navigation. I could have taken one trip around the harbor and learned more." Emerson concurred, saying, "Children are locked up in schoolrooms for ten or 11 years and they come out with bellies full of words and they haven't learned anything." Both discussed the literature and learning of the times. "All writing is by the grace of God. No one should have good writings when they are satisfied with the bad. Books are for the scholars' idle time." Both continued to discuss the effects of education and literacy, with Emerson continuing, "The writer is an explorer. Every step is an adventure into a new land." (Cont. on page 3) talk to UTC students. UTC PRESS Photo by Dennis Nelson the advent of junior High school allowed her and her siblings to attend the same school once again. The only specialty was a taxi ride to and from school accompanied by her sister Kim because of the lack of lifts on the buses. High school began with the first two years at Timpview High in Provo and the last two at Springville High in Springville, close to her current home in Mapleton. The difference between the two was obvious. "The teachers at Timpview were very professional and (Continued to page 3) UTC PRESS page 2 page 5